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RESOLUTION NO. 1182 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION PROVIDING FOR THE RETURN OF REVENUES FROM ONE CENT OF THE STATE'S FOUR AND THREE-FOURTH CENT SALES TAX TO CALIFORNIA CITIES AND COUNTIES ON A PER CAPITA BASIS WHEREAS, property tax revenues to local governmental agencies have been drastically curtailed as a result of the adoption of Proposition 13; and, WHEREAS, due to the loss of property tax revenues, cities have been required to make major reductions in local public services. On the other hand, the State has not been required to reduce the quality of state services due in large part to a major increase in revenue from the state sales tax. Further, the state surplus used to provide limited replacement revenue to cities this year has, in large measure, been derived from the state's four and three-fourth cent share of the state sales tax; and, WHEREAS, to increase further the imbalance in ability to provide basic services, the State of California through legislative action has mandated programs for cities and counties to implement, without providing corresponding revenue sources; and, WHEREAS, cities provide essential services to their residents and sales tax generated in local communities should be returned to cities to finance these essential services. BE IT RESOLVED that the City.-Council _of._the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills supports legislation returning one cent of the four and three-fourth cent state sales tax to California cities and counties, to be distributed by the State on a per capita basis without restrictions on the use of such revenue; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each city make its state legislative repre- sentative aware of their city's financial and service problems and strongly urge their legislative representatives to support such legislation; and,